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Semi-protected edit request on 3 October 2016
On the fifth sentence within the third paragraph at the top of the article, could somebody change "On 24 February 2015" to "On February 24, 2015" to correspond towards the American date format.

108.45.29.72 (talk) 15:19, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ thanks for the suggestion - Arjayay (talk) 15:44, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

Is the lead too long?
The current lead has WAY too much detail in it, in my opinion. Per MOS:INTRO, I'd like to shorten it to a single paragraph, or two paragraphs at the most. My plan is to extend the opening paragraph slightly and move as much content as I can elsewhere. (The process will likely take a few intermediate edits). Any objections? StrokeOfMidnight (talk) 19:14, 16 October 2016 (UTC)

UPDATE: done There are other improvements, too. StrokeOfMidnight (talk) 03:02, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

Adding additional information to shooting section
Hey everyone. I am adding information about how George Zimmerman described Trayvon Martin wearing a hoodie to the "Shooting" section. I feel like that is relevant to add since athletes wearing hoodies at sporting events became a symbol bringing awareness to Martin's death. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abamzai (talk • contribs) 04:00, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 March 2017
I request that in the aftermath section, it should be mention that Zimmerman sold the gun used to kill Martin on an online auction. Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/18/george-zimmerman-sells-gun-trayvon-martin http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/george-zimmerman-sells-gun-used-to-kill-teen-trayvon-martin-for-more-than-100000-a7037806.html http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/18/us/george-zimmerman-gun-auction/--193.201.132.245 (talk) 12:38, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 February 2017
I request that under the section: analysis of charges they should add that in American democracy there is freedom of movement. I believe that this basic right belonging to Martin was violated by Zimmerman. Allyborghi (talk) 18:59, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Sir Joseph (talk) 19:19, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 February 2017
I request that under the section: analysis of charges they should add that in American democracy there is freedom of movement. I believe that this basic right belonging to Martin was violated by Zimmerman.

I believe that in the Analysis of charges section they should mention that Zimmerman violated Martin's basic right to freedom of movement when he attacked Martin.

Allyborghi (talk) 19:02, 7 February 2017 (UTC) Allyborghi (talk) 19:02, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Sir Joseph (talk) 19:20, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Misleading introduction?
The introduction is supposed to summarize the more detailed content later in the article. I haven't read every word, but the article says Martin was "visiting". The introduction says he was "temporarily living". Those two characterizations seem to be at odds with one another. Lou Sander (talk) 00:10, 24 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I changed the intro to correspond with the Trayvon_Martin subsection of the Parties involved section. Lou Sander (talk) 13:18, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

“Fiancée”
“On the day he was fatally shot, he and his father were visiting his father's fiancée and her son at her town home in Sanford, Florida.”

The article refers five times to a “fiancée.” A fiancée is someone to whom one is engaged to be married. However, my understanding is that Tracy Martin and the woman in question were never engaged, and thus that she was just his girlfriend. To my knowledge, in the five intervening years they neither married nor ended any “engagement.” 2604:2000:9046:800:EC84:46B9:299B:79DF (talk) 15:44, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

Trayvon Martin Foundation
The Trayvon Martin Foundation, founded by his parents, is probably worth talking about. I don't know all that much about it, though. --  Satanic Santa  04:35, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

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Jewish or latino, or both, or nothing?
I don't get if Zimmerman is a Jewish name, or a latino name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.91.248.85 (talk) 09:04, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
 * As stated on George Zimmerman, he's mixed-race and his German surname Zimmerman is due to his German paternal ancestry. Jim Michael (talk) 10:52, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Article title change suggestion
This article should not be called "Shooting of Trayvon Martin"; instead, it should be called "Shooting death of Trayvon Martin". It's the fact that he died which made this story so notable. 98.118.62.140 (talk) 14:50, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Or "Killing of Trayvon Martin" ? Do you have RS for the distinction you're suggesting is key here?  SPECIFICO talk 15:31, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, a plethora of them. And taken in aggregate, they make clear that this was notable largely in part because Trayvon died. See this google search: https://www.google.com/search?q=trayvon+martin 98.118.62.140 (talk) 15:35, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Killing of Trayvon Martin makes sense. It's a redirect now, but should be the article title. -- BullRangifer (talk) 16:29, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
 * 1. "largely in part" is an oxymoron. 2. If you have RS, you would need to provide plethora RS links with rationale, not a google link. 3. I would be OK with you making the change, swapping title and redirect.  SPECIFICO talk 16:34, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
 * The phrase "largely in part", is not an oxymoron; and even it were, the meaning of what's being said is plain enough and doesn't diminish the fact that many, many news articles focused on the death of Trayvon as being a significant part of the story. It wasn't just black vs white (Hispanic) or older vs younger or gun vs no gun; rather it was the power disparity often suffered by young Black men - a disparity which sometimes results in their death. Xerton (talk) 21:05, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
 * You appear to be arguing against the original poster's claim that the incident is notable only because Martin died. Did you mean to be responding to me or to OP? Your final "sometimes results in death" seems to agree with me and BullRangifer that the incident would have been notable because it's about an armed vigilante shooting, even if Mr. Martin had not been killed. Or are you favoring the current title over both of the two alternatives? My view is primarily to oppose "shooting death"  SPECIFICO talk 21:28, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Trayvon was shot and he did die from that shooting. And the farther in time we get away from the events of that day, the more important it is to capture the essential salient facts of that moment in time via a precise titling of what the event was. The event was the shooting death of Trayvon Martin and everything which followed after that stems from these two true facts: he was shot, he died from that shooting. Xerton (talk) 20:55, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
 * If we have a consensus for that move, I'd be happy to try, but I'm not an admin. Sometimes that type of move requires admin tools. -- BullRangifer (talk) 16:40, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I have those kinds of admin tools, and I'd be willing to move the article. But, not with this kind of discussion. I strongly recommend having another full RM discussion (and require some sort of discussion) before any moves are performed, given the controversial nature of this article (and also because at least three such discussions have taken place in the past, and some people might not agree to a move). Sky  Warrior  21:16, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I totally agree. We'd need a clear consensus first. -- BullRangifer (talk) 21:52, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Agreed.  SPECIFICO talk 22:56, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
 * This was talked about a very long time ago. I thought there was a consensus for "Fatal Shooting of Trayvon Martin", which I would support.  Emeraldflames (talk) 02:38, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

Proposed merge with Trayvon Martin
Subject is only notable for a single event (see WP:1E). Their biography is otherwise run of the mill. Essential details can be merged to Shooting of Trayvon Martin. But most of this is just fluff. See also WP:VICTIM. Ad Orientem (talk) 17:01, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Merge I agree.   D r e a m Focus  18:08, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Put the Trayvon article through AfD. That article is notable on its own until an AfD process have reached an consensus.--BabbaQ (talk) 23:17, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
 * AfD is not intended as a substitute for merge discussions. I actually considered that but concluded it is very unlikely that the community would !vote to delete the article outright. Out of curiosity, on what do you base your belief that Martin is notable independent of the circumstances surrounding his death? -Ad Orientem (talk) 23:45, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
 * While I agree that AfD shouldn't be a substitute for merge discussions, I would strongly support listing the article at AfD should no consensus to merge be found. Guidelines are unambiguously clear that we shouldn't have these kinds of articles. Therefore, there would be nothing wrong with AfD'ing it, in which case, "merge" would be one of several possible outcomes. Joefromrandb (talk) 20:34, 28 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Oppose The shooting and the coverage of Martin surrounding it are sufficient enough that he passes WP:BLP1E. As per #3 on that page, the event is clearly notable and Martin's role in it was obviously substantial and well-documented. As such, he is worthy of a stand-alone article. Smartyllama (talk) 20:44, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Merge This seems like a straightforward case; guidelines clearly support merging. Joefromrandb (talk) 18:06, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
 * What guideline exactly?BabbaQ (talk) 15:48, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia guidelines. Joefromrandb (talk) 19:14, 1 March 2019 (UTC)


 *  Oppose at this time - This article is well over 200 kB, and should be split into additional articles in order to reduce its size. The article for Trayvon Martin talks about a book entitled Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin. --Jax 0677 (talk) 17:34, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Propose Speedy Close as I have opened a discussion at AfD. This discussion is now redundant. Courtesy ping..., , , , . -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:45, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
 * For the clicking convenience of interested editors, here is a link to the AfD discussion referred to above: Articles for deletion/Trayvon Martin (2nd nomination) — Mudwater (Talk) 18:06, 2 March 2019 (UTC)

Proposed split

 * The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Article is over 200kB, and should be split into articles entitled Background of the Shooting of Trayvon Martin, Investigations into the Shooting of Trayvon Martin, Aftermath of the Shooting of Trayvon Martin and Reactions to the Shooting of Trayvon Martin. --Jax 0677 (talk) 19:33, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
 * LOL. Sure. We'll get right on that! Joefromrandb (talk) 19:34, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
 *  Reply -, can you please clarify your statement? In any event, let's give a major split like this one month before taking any action, unless there is overwhelming consensus to split this article. --Jax 0677 (talk) 19:40, 1 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Will someone please shut this nonsense down so that we're not having two discussions at once? Joefromrandb (talk) 20:41, 1 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Oppose – I think it's better not to split up the article, even though it's on the long side. Let's leave all the info in one place.  — Mudwater (Talk) 23:41, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
 *  Ping -, thoughts? --Jax 0677 (talk) 16:56, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Support – This is a large article. The split suggestions are the most appropriate. But Rome was not built in one day, let's create one article at a time and establish it's importance.BabbaQ (talk) 18:07, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose This obviously isn't going to happen, but as a formality... Joefromrandb (talk) 02:18, 3 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Oppose - This was a very important, heavily covered case that has had many repercussions for the country. And it's still very important I believe for people to have a good, fact-based account of what it was all about. So I vote to leave the article as is. I'll also add that I was one of the editors who worked a great deal on it back in 2012. We had similar discussions to this one back then as the article grew, and the consensus view each time was to not shorten the article because of the case's importance. A majority of the editors decided that the importance of giving people good information in an organized, handy manner outweighed the relatively unimportant lengthiness of the article, and we also believed that this was one of the advantages of an online encyclopedia that we should take advantage of. An article doesn't necessarily have to be short. People can easily navigate around it and choose what they read. But the information is there for people who do want to have a better understanding of what happened. So I see this article as very useful and informative to people as is and think it's a very valuable resource. Psalm84 (talk) 02:50, 17 March 2019 (UTC)


 * One other point. Take a look at these paragraphs from the O.J. Simpson murder case:


 * The prosecution decided not to seek the death penalty and instead sought a life sentence. Deputy District Attorney Marcia Clark was designated as the lead prosecutor. Deputy District Attorney Christopher Darden became Clark's co-counsel. Simpson wanted a speedy trial, and the defence and prosecuting attorneys worked around the clock for several months to prepare their cases. In October 1994, Judge Lance Ito started interviewing 304 prospective jurors, each of whom had to fill out a 75-page questionnaire. On November 3, twelve jurors were seated with twelve alternates.


 * The trial began on January 24, 1995, and was televised by Court TV, and in part by other cable and network news outlets, for 134 days. Darden argued that Simpson killed his ex-wife in a jealous rage; the prosecution opened its case by playing a 9-1-1 call from Nicole Brown Simpson on January 1, 1989, in which she expressed fear that Simpson would physically harm her, and he could be heard yelling at her in the background. Other material related to domestic violence was presented including another 9-1-1 phone call that Nicole made on October 25, 1993, expressing the same thing and Simpson also could be heard shouting in the background, less than eight months before the murders. The prosecution also presented dozens of expert witnesses to place Simpson at the scene of the crime, on subjects ranging from DNA profiling to blood and shoeprint analysis.


 * There's a similar level of detail to this article, and if you don't give readers that, there's not much meat to the text. You will still have a long article, though. It's just that many readers will feel like they still don't understand what happened and the article was superficial and they didn't get much out of reading it. The O.J. Simpson article is itself shorter, but the case in its essence was less novel than the Martin/Zimmerman case. Again, I recall that there were discussions on the inclusion of individual sections and what information was to be included and excluded from them. Actually, a lot was excluded. Dividing this article would similarly not be a good idea. It would just be disrupting the account of what happened. The best thing to do, I believe, is to let readers decide for themselves when they might want to skim a section or move on to the next, leaving the twists and turns in the development in the case for those who want to know about it. Psalm84 (talk) 01:14, 18 March 2019 (UTC)


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Afro-Peruvian
George Zimmerman is not primarily Afro-Peruvian, and so it makes little sense to describe him as that. He is part white, part hispanic and yes, some part of him may well be Afro-Peruvian, but not the largest part. Emeraldflames (talk) 02:40, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 June 2019
The wiki article says that "Zimmerman was Neighborhood Watch coordinator", and nothing could be further from the truth. Neighborhood Watch did put on a recruitment discussion Zimmerman attended, but he refused to follow their rules, so they wanted nothing at all to do with him. For example, Neighborhood Watch has very strict rules that no one may ever be armed. They also must always be with at least one other person, and never work alone. They also must not chase and must follow all police suggestions. Neighborhood Watch disavoed any connection with Zimmerman at all. If he had been following Neighborhood Watch rules, nothing would have happened because the Dispatcher said to not follow.

Suggested correction would be to just remove the false Neighborhood Watch association and not mention the organization at all. More accurate would be to add the fact Zimmerman was rejected as Neighborhood Watch, for violating their basic rules. But to do that, one should likely get a statement from the actual person he talked to, and that was not me. My information is 2nd hand and from memory, so borders more on subjective opinion. 75.161.139.217 (talk) 01:16, 22 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. - FlightTime  ( open channel ) 01:23, 22 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Personal knowledge is not verifiable and therefore not acceptable. Sorry, -  FlightTime  ( open channel ) 01:24, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

There is a typo.
At the very end of the article it says Marin family instead of Martin family — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.20.155.143 (talk) 02:12, 20 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Thank you, -  FlightTime  ( open channel ) 02:18, 20 February 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 March 2020
===The Trayvon Hoax: Unmasking the Witness Fraud that Divided America===

On September 16, 2019, Hollywood film director Joel Gilbert released both a book and a film called "The Trayvon Hoax: Unmasking The Witness Fraud That Divided America. He debuted the film at The National Press Club in Washington, DC. The Trayvon Hoax alleges that the key witness for the prosecution, Rachel Jeantel, who claimed to have been on the phone with Trayvon Martin just before he was shot, was an imposter. The real girlfriend of Trayvon Martin is identified as Brittany Diamond Eugene, whose signature was determined by a handwriting expert to have been on the letter signed "Diamond Eugene" that was given to Trayvon Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton. The film alleges the witness fraud was pushed the by media and politicians for their agendas. In "Exposing the Trayvon Hoax" on Townhall.com, Bill Marshall of Judicial Watch wrote that Gilbert "exposes the much larger fraud on the American people that the Trayvon Martin hoax ignited." Karl Notturno wrote in "The Trayvon Martin Hoax Comes Crashing Down" that "the only way we can make the future better is by learning from the past". Jack Cashill in "Time to Un-tell the Trayvon lies" wrote "We still have the power to rewrite history, and Gilbert has proven as much." In American Thinker, former AP foreign correspondent Frank Hawkins wrote "Filmmaker Joel Gilbert’s new book and film The Trayvon Hoax brilliantly exposes one of the most fraudulent and shameful trials in the history of the United States...It’s a masterpiece of reporting." Billfraz1 (talk) 01:30, 6 March 2020 (UTC)


 * ❌. It's not clear what changes you want to make. This is certainly inappropriate to add as-is.  See guidelines and policies like WP:NPOV, WP:DUE, WP:FRINGE, etc. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon &bull; videos) 01:52, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
 * "Joel Gilbert (born April 15, 1964) is an American filmmaker, musician, and conspiracy theorist. Gilbert's political films advance right-wing conspiracy theories.  He has been a frequent guest on InfoWars. " I think that's all we need to know. Guy (help!) 16:55, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

JzG Why is the fact that you may not like the messenger "all we need to know"? There is a $100 million dollar lawsuit filed and this information is well referenced in reliable sources such as already shared above. There should be some mention of this idea, even if you want to put it under the label of "Conspiracy Theories"Sthubbar (talk) 05:53, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Should it be made clear
It should be made clear that voice stress analysis is a pseudoscientific technique. The parenthetical in "He also underwent a voice stress analysis test in an attempt to see if he was lying, and he passed (indicating he was likely telling the truth)" makes it seem like it's a trustworthy method, which it's not. 2620:10D:C091:480:0:0:0:1B7C (talk) 19:54, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes. There are enough problems with polygraph tests, let alone voice stress analysis. I agree that it should be noted - NewsGuard (talk) 14:10, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 June 2020
Change Trayvon Martin’s height from his autopsy from 6’ 2” to 5’ 11” as indicated in the actual autopsy (as opposed to a news article) http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2012/images/05/17/martin.autopsy.pdf 76.100.239.5 (talk) 01:18, 15 June 2020 (UTC)


 * . We tend to defer to secondary sources over primary ones. I took a quick look and certainly didn't see a height listed among all sorts of other poorly photocopied bad handwriting.  Do you have any other secondary source which can corroborate this? –Deacon Vorbis (carbon &bull; videos) 03:18, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Removal of "racial" category(s)
While retaining the "media-inspired" category, certainly the "racial" categories should be removed. Zimmerman is Hispanic. There was never a conviction. Pretty-much hyped up event.

The article fails to mention that a prosecutor from Osceola-Brevard refused to prosecute for lack of evidence. With the accompanying media furor, the case was removed from his jurisdiction and given to another. Student7 (talk) 17:39, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
 * The article has extensive sources citing the fact that the incident has serious implications for race-relations in America. Whether you think it should have or not doesn't matter; it clearly did, which makes the race-related categories appropriate. --Aquillion (talk) 12:41, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

Requested move 30 December 2020
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The result of the move request was: No consensus to move after relist. (non-admin closure) (t &#183; c)  buidhe  20:33, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Shooting of Trayvon Martin → Killing of Trayvon Martin – Per now established WP:CONSISTENT titles:. Martin was killed and did not just get shot. The fact that he was killed is the most notable aspect of this subject. Albertaont (talk) 23:07, 30 December 2020 (UTC) —Relisting. Jack Frost (talk) 13:32, 16 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment. It should be noted that moving only this main title header would not establish consistency since the WP:CONSISTENT titles, as listed above under prefix "Killing of...", include killings by use of a firearm or by other means, while other WP:CONSISTENT titles, as listed under prefix "Shooting of...", include killings solely by use of a firearm. A small number of entries under "Shooting of..." are also listed under Category:Non-fatal shootings. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 05:20, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:COMMONNAME. Sure shootings are often not fatal, but the article makes the fatality clear.  Personally I would prefer Fatal shooting of... but that's not the established practice (see above), or WP:COMMONNAME.  Redirect already exists, so no issues over searchability, internal or external linkability.   All the best: Rich Farmbrough 08:49, 4 January 2021 (UTC).

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 * Oppose. The current title is the more common term for this incident. Rreagan007 (talk) 20:04, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Support As the title of killing can be interpreted in a neutral way in which some instances the act is justified by a court of law (as was in the case of Trayvon) and in others, it deemed unlawful by a similar court. Don't belive that changes the title to killing presents an undue bias of the facts, and it better reflects the events which occurred. Epluribusunumyall (talk) 09:18, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose. This seems a bit unnecessary. The article has had this title for years without any issues. Moving the article to 'Killing of Trayvon Martin' makes his death more ambiguous than it should be. Auror Andrachome (talk) 03:10, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

title of article
yeah, i agree, it should be called 'HOMICIDE OF TRAYVON MARTIN' atleast. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Monkeylady999 (talk • contribs) 00:37, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 February 2021
The title is inaccurate. It should be changed to THE LYNCHING OF TRAYVON MARTIN or THE MURDER OF TRAYVON MARTIN. The child is black, unarmed and where he is supposed to be as stated by your own sources and by testimony. The 911 operator told the Murder to not follow him. The murder did not listen and chose to stalk and murder Trayvon as he screamed helplessly. 72.141.147.207 (talk) 12:10, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
 * There is consensus for the current title. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:30, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
 * He was a year away from being legally an adult so he was certainly not a child. He attacked George Zimmerman who had would be reason to believe that Trayvon Martin would continue to inflict serious bodily harm, he had given him a fractured nose, two black eyes, two lacerations on the back of his head and a back injury. He was clearly casing houses because who walks in the rain at night looking at winddowns while wearing a hoodie? Also, just following somebody doesn't mean you deserve to be seriously injured in a beating. Also this wouldn't be a lynching because lynchings are group activities. Also Zimmerman is not a murderer because he was acquitted. Also Trayvon had weed in his system and his father initially claimed the screams weren't that of his son. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marinara Trench2 (talk • contribs) 02:25, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

I agree it should be "Murder of Trayvon Martin", but how is that this wiki's fault? Take it up with the racist court system that got George Zimmerman off. We just report the events here, we don't make them. StrexcorpEmployee (talk) 10:30, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Public response section
The public response section is bloated with random opinion-pieces and factoids that had no long-term significance. We ought to trim it down and rewrite it to summarize the broad public response, as well as secondary coverage of the response by high-quality sources, rather than a wall of random forgotten opinion pieces from 2012 that Wikipedia editors at the time thought were cool. --Aquillion (talk) 21:43, 18 June 2021 (UTC)
 * I agree. Levivich 17:33, 15 July 2021 (UTC)

Requested move 15 July 2021
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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Lennart97 (talk) 07:55, 23 July 2021 (UTC)

Shooting of Trayvon Martin → Killing of Trayvon Martin – As between "shooting of Trayvon Martin" and "killing of Trayvon Martin", there is no single WP:COMMONNAME, as both are commonly used (NGrams, GScholar "killing", GScholar "shooting"). When there is no clear COMMONNAME, WP:DEATHS indicates that "killing" should be used for a homicide (such as this topic). Anyway, if there is a COMMONNAME, it's "killing", which is more prevalent than "shooting" per the aforementioned NGrams and Google Scholar hits. Levivich 17:31, 15 July 2021 (UTC) <div style="padding-left: 1.6em; font-style: italic; border-top: 1px solid #a2a9b1; margin: 0.5em 0; padding-top: 0.5em">The discussion above is closed. <b style="color: #FF0000;">Please do not modify it.</b> Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Support per nom and WP:DEATHS. 162 etc. (talk) 20:02, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment See previous RMs for this article: December 2020, July 2012, April 2012, March 2012 162 etc. (talk) 20:02, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
 * support perwp:deaths and wp:commonname—blindlynx (talk) 13:47, 16 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Support per WP:DEATHS. Rublov (talk) 17:42, 16 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Support. I agree with the assessment that there is no WP:COMMONNAME, and so the convention of WP:DEATHS should apply. Adumbrativus (talk) 05:36, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

Killing of Eurie Martin
I encourage your help on a new article I posted. PaulinSaudi (talk) 09:30, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

Curfew
Originally reports stated at the time of the incident there was a curfew in place. Why is there no longer any mention of this curfew in any of the reports? 100.34.146.90 (talk) 00:56, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

incorrect text
at the end of the article at "see also" there is a list of links. The link:

"Killing of Sara-Nicole Morales, 2021 Florida case where no charges were filed against a motorcyclist who fatally shot a pregnant woman on her front lawn after she deliberately struck his motorcycle with hercar, since she was waving a gun at him at the time."

states that she was pregnant. That's obviously not true. See the wiki post: "Killing of Sara-Nicole Morales". There it says: Police also determined that the woman was not pregnant after an autopsy was performed. [3 and adds the resource #3

What somebody change this? 2A02:8109:BCC0:1A94:AC29:A04C:C07A:14D9 (talk) 16:04, 11 December 2022 (UTC)